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noun
- 1. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play: "Edmund ends the scene as he had begun it, with a soliloquy"
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SOLILOQUY definition: 1. a speech in a play that the character speaks to himself or herself or to the people watching…. Learn more.
Soliloquy (from the Latin solus “alone” and loqui “to speak”) at its most basic level refers to the act of talking to oneself, and more specifically denotes the solo utterance of an actor in a drama.
A soliloquy is a literary device, most often found in dramas, in which a character speaks to him or herself, relating his or her innermost thoughts and feelings as if thinking aloud.
Definition of Soliloquy. A soliloquy is a literary device in the form of a speech or monologue spoken by a single character in a theatrical play or drama. The purpose of a soliloquy is for the character to express their inner thoughts and feelings that are not intended to be heard or known by other characters in the play or the audience members.
SOLILOQUY meaning: 1. a speech in a play that the character speaks to himself or herself or to the people watching…. Learn more.
A soliloquy is a dramatic speech that reveals a character's inner thoughts and reflections. Some of the most famous lines in drama are taken from soliloquies. Hamlet's famous "To be or not to be" speech is a soliloquy, for example.
an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts) Hamlet's soliloquy begins with “To be or not to be”. 2. the act of talking while or as if alone.
soliloquy. noun. /səˈlɪləkwi/. /səˈlɪləkwi/. [countable, uncountable] (plural soliloquies) a speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts; the act of speaking thoughts in this way. Hamlet’s famous soliloquy, ‘To be or not to be…’. the playwright’s use of soliloquy.
A soliloquy (/ s ə ˈ l ɪ l. ə. k w i, s oʊ ˈ l ɪ l. oʊ-/, from Latin solo "to oneself" + loquor "I talk", [1] plural soliloquies) is a monologue addressed to oneself, thoughts spoken out loud without addressing another character.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the noun soliloquy mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun soliloquy. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
